Operation
Requesting Information
If your Npower UPS is equipped with a modem and telephone line, you can call the UPS and receive system status and historical information. You can place the call from either a remote terminal or a personal computer with a communications program.
Follow the instructions for your terminal or your communications program to call the UPS. (See Options Manual for details.) Once connected, the UPS will respond to your specific requests for infor- mation (See Table 8).
For example, to see a copy of information on the active status reports, enter the command, “SR” and press ENTER. The Npower UPS will send the data, which will be displayed on your screen. Please note that the data on the screen is like a snapshot
Some screens contain data that you may wish to import into a spreadsheet for further calculations. To put this data into a usable format, use the
To terminate your connection to the Npower, type “Quit” and press Enter. The UPS will hang up its modem and await your next call.
Dial Out Pager
The Dial Out Pager requires the modem option to be installed. (It works with both the external and internal modems) Its function is to provide pager support (alphanumeric and numeric)for the Npower system.
The Pager Support Screen can be accessed by starting with SYSTEM CONFIGURATION, and navi- gating to COMM OPTIONS, and then to PAGER SUPPORT CONFIGURATION.
Figure 111 Pager support screen
PAGER SUPPORT CONFIGURATION
PAGER ENABLED | : YES |
PAGER PHONE NUMBER | : 8003433433 |
PIN NUMBER | : 11111111 |
| EXIT |
From this screen you can enable or disable the pager, and set it to the pin number required for alpha- numeric paging on Skytel.
The PAGER ENABLED field can be set to YES or NO. This is interlocked with the modem option. Pager support requires the modem.
The PAGER PHONE NUMBER: can have a maximum of 20 digits. This entry is blank when the NVRAM is first initialized.
The PIN NUMBER can have a maximum of 20 digits. The default pin number is 00000000
Note: Changes to these pager parameters aren’t saved into NVRAM until you select “Save & Exit” when you leave the configuration menu screens.
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